Plex.cal. 46. SAXIFRAGES. 315. Kingstonia. 531 



IV. 315. KINGSTONIA. Marsh-saxifrage. 

 Calyx 5-parted, lobes grow reflected; petals 5, equal, 



reverse ovate, clawed, with 2 hornlike appendages above 

 the base situated on the 2 outer veins; J?/awe?2/5 thread- 

 shape, slender above, dilated at bottom, connate; ovary 

 free; capsule ovate, 1-celled, many-seeded. — Stem leafy; 

 leaves alternate, lanceolate, bald ; edge undivided, often 

 fringed ; flowers panicled, terminal, yellow. 



Dr. Kingstone first found this plant on Knotsford-moor, 

 Cheshire, Dillen in Rail Syn. 355. 



Kingstonia guttata. Spotted marsh-saxifrage. 



Stem upright ; leaves lanceolate, blunt, bald. 



Geum angustifolium auctumnale, flore luteo guttato, Dillen in Ruii Syn. 

 355,2. 



Chamaecistus Frisicus, Ger. em. 1284,8. 

 Saxifraga Hircnlus, Lin, S. P. 376. 



Turf bogs ; perennial ; August. 



Root fibrous; stem round, hairy, branched at bottom, 

 twigs lying down; panicles 3 or 4-flowered; petals spotted 

 as far as the middle with yellow. 



V. 316. SAXIFRAGA. Pliny. Saxifrage. 

 Calyx adherent, 5-cut, lobes upright ; petals 5, slender 



at bottom ; filaments slender at top, dilated at bottom, con- 

 nate; ova7-y adherent or semi-adherent; capsule 1-celled, 

 many-seeded. — Habit various, probably containing many 

 natural genera. 



a. Stem naked; leaves radical, feshy, Iroad, not cut ; 

 flowers panicled. 



1. Saxifraga nivalis. Snow saxifrage. 



Leaves reverse ovate, crenate, nearly sessile ; flowers 

 crowded. 



Saxifraga foliis oblongo-rotundatis dentatis, floribus corapactis, Raii 

 Syn. 354, 5. 



Saxifraga nivalis, Lin. S. P. 5T3. 



Alps; perennial; July. 



Roots tufted ; leaves broad ; scape viscid and hairy above ; 

 Iractece lanceolate; petals spotted with green; ovary ad- 

 herent. 



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